Can God Make Me?
When you say, “Can God make me become a Christian?” I tell you yes, for herein rests the power of the gospel. It does not ask your consent; but it gets it. It does not say, “Will you have it?” but it makes you willing in the day of God’s power… It knocks the enmity out of your heart. You say, I do not want to be saved; Christ says you shall be. He makes our will turn round, and then you cry,”‘Lord save, or I perish!” -Charles Spurgeon (emphasis mine)
Double posted from my Facebook… this is incredibly humbling because were it not for God’s grace, I would still say “I do not want to be saved.”
I love this post, and the picture is very apropo. I guess this goes right along with “taking hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”